A report on CBC News at Six on June 16 quotes a pest control “expert” who suggests that an apparent spike in the local rat population and in home infestations might be a result of the way residents handle their new green bins. Surely the amount of organic waste that used to be put out in regular garbage bins was far more likely to encourage rodents?
“Breaking News” stories like this should be researched more thoroughly before reporting them. If there is an increase maybe its due to other factors: a warm winter followed by an early spring (climate change); or increased pressure on all wild life in the city and suburbs as new construction encroaches on their natural habitat.
About Me
- Colin Hine
- I’m a recently retired management consultant. For much of my career I worked in the aerospace industry for firms in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. I’ve always been interested in politics, but it’s only since retiring that I have become active in this area. Over the past four years I have become disillusioned by what I have seen both on the local municipal scene in the City of Ottawa as well as at senior levels of government. I am now convinced that corporate influences (financial and others) are increasingly diluting the democratic processes of government. Government representatives no longer pay attention to the views and concerns of the general public and we are increasingly bombarded with propaganda and diverted by red herrings. chmorland706@gmail.com
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